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MilliBase name details

Megastrephon xanthina (Newport, 1844)

AphiaID

944941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:944941)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Eurygyrus xanthinus (Newport, 1844)

Rank

Species

Parent

Megastrephon Cook, 1895 accepted as Eurygyrus C. L. Koch, 1847

Original name

Platops xanthina Newport, 1844

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Platops xanthina Newport, 1844) Newport, G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilognatha, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with description of a new genus and thirty-two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 263-270. London, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2286941
page(s): 267 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Megastrephon xanthina (Newport, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordsByTaxonRankID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944941 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

changed

Sierwald, Petra

2021-08-28 09:49:43Z

changed

Decker, Peter

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Sources (1)

original description (of Platops xanthina Newport, 1844) Newport, G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilognatha, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with description of a new genus and thirty-two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 263-270. London, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2286941
page(s): 267 [details]